The SHROPSHIRE YEOMANRY – KC OR’s g/m Cap Badge re-strike, lesser quality to previous example. I think this was made from a ‘Sweet-Heart Broach’ die.
The Shropshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1795, which served as a cavalry and dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and as a cavalry and an artillery regiment in the Second World War. It was then amalgamated with the Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery.
In 1969, the regiment was replaced by No. 4 Squadron, 35 (South Midlands) Signal Regiment and the Shropshire Yeomanry Cadre. These later formed the Shropshire Yeomanry Squadron of theQueen’s Own Mercian Yeomanry before their amalgamation into the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry.
ref; John Gaylor, page 83, plate 33, usually hook fixing, or east west eyed shank fixings.
